SolarCity to Install Solar on up to 6,500 Homes in Project at Navy, Marine Corps Bases in Hawai’i

MILILANI, HI, May 8, 2013 Construction has started on the first phase of a massive solar project by Forest City Military Communities and SolarCity® (Nasdaq: SCTY) to provide solar electricity to 6,500 military family residences at Ohana Military Communities (OMC), which serves Navy Region Hawaii and Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The latest SolarStrong™ project is [...]

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Georgetown University Goes Solar with SolarCity

Washington, DC, April, 2013 Georgetown University is going solar with SolarCity  on a project that is expected to cut the school’s energy bills by tens of thousands of dollars and reduce more than 600,000 pounds of carbon pollution over its lifetime. The student-spearheaded initiative, Solar Street, installed 75 solar panels across rooftops of six university-owned [...]

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Walgreens Steps Up Commitment to Renewable Energy

AURORA, Colorado, April 1, 2013 Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, today announced an expansion of its renewable energy initiative to Colorado with SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY), a leading provider of clean energy. SolarCity will implement solar systems at 22 Walgreens stores across 14 different cities in Colorado in the coming months. The new solar systems [...]

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SolarCity Releases its Residential Contracts to Demystify Solar

SAN MATEO, California, February, 2013 SolarCity, a leading provider of clean energy, today released its standard residential lease and power purchase agreement (PPA) contracts for download in the first post of its new company blog. The company’s contracts protect consumers by comprehensively insuring the solar system, roofs and property and by providing system warranties, guarantees [...]

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School District Flip the Switch on Twenty Solar Projects Expected to Save $23 million

MURRIETA, California. The Murrieta Valley Unified School District is reaping the benefits of solar power systems totaling more than 2.3 megawatts at all 19 district schools and the district support center. Designed and installed by SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY), a national leader in clean energy services, the new installations comprise more than 10,000 solar panels mounted [...]

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Globe, Arizona Celebrates Largest Renewable Energy Project in City’s History

SolarCity®, a national leader in clean energy services, and the City of Globe today announced the city’s largest renewable energy project to date, a 495-kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) installation at the Pinal Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility. The project is expected to offset 80 percent of the facility’s electricity needs with clean power and bring the [...]

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GAL Manufacturing Installs One of NYC’s Largest Rooftop Solar Arrays

October, 2012 NY, NY–GAL Manufacturing, a family-owned Bronx business located next to Yankee Stadium, is now home to one of the city’s largest commercial rooftop solar arrays. Visible to both fans attending Yankee games and commuters heading north on the Major Deegan Expressway, the 237-kilowatt systems was designed and installed by MC Solar Development and [...]

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Solar Jobs: SolarCity Opens New Massachusetts Operations Center and Seeks Local Hires

SolarCity®, a national leader in clean energy services, has opened a new 15,000-square-foot operations center in Marlborough that will bring the area new jobs and help Massachusetts businesses, non-profit organizations and homeowners save money through better energy options.

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Walmart Expands Solar Commitment to Colorado

Walmart has announced six SolarCity projects on stores in Colorado, marking the company’s 100th solar power installation in the U.S. and moving it closer to its long-term goal of using 100-percent renewable energy for all its retail and distribution facilities.

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SolarCity and Rabobank Announce $42.5 Million Fund for Commercial Solar Projects

Rabobank and SolarCity® today announced $42.5 million in structured financing to fund over 30 commercial solar projects in California. This new fund is the latest iteration of a Rabobank-SolarCity collaboration that has produced a solar-powered electric vehicle charging corridor to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco, and a series of solar installations at local bank [...]

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Washington Area Affordable Housing Complex Goes Solar

SolarCity(R), William C. Smith + Co., a leading local real estate development and management firm, and the D.C. Housing Authority today announced completion of a 429-panel, 103-kilowatt solar power installation on a new affordable housing complex within Sheridan Station, a major redevelopment project in the district’s reemerging Ward 8 community. The solar installation is expected [...]

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$1 Billion U.S. Dollars Invested by Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Solar Projects

SolarCity and Bank of America Merrill Lynch has announced that they have agreed to terms on financing for SolarStrong, SolarCity’s ambitious five-year plan to build more than $1 billion in solar power projects for privatized U.S. military housing communities across the country. As part of the project, SolarCity plans to partner with the country’s leading [...]

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SolarCity Proving that Residential Solar is Here to Stay

Goal of 160,000 rooftops on 124 Military Bases Across 33 States US Renewables Group (USRG) announced today its plan to provide $344 million in financing for a project led by SolarCity to install solar panels on military housing across the United States. USRG’s debt financing affiliate, USRG Renewable Finance, will serve as lender for Project [...]

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